Property market
The five-year median is £376,000 from 2,109 recorded sales in DT2. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Dorset is £325,410 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.
DT2
UK postcode district
Part of Dorchester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,299
- Current units
- 1,140
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 159
Postcode sectors in DT2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
14,568 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 46, Butt Close, Puddletown, Dorchester, DT2 8SU | 22 July 2026 | £268,000 |
| Montana, Askerswell, Dorchester, DT2 9EL | 21 July 2026 | £685,000 |
| Virginia Cottage, Cattistock, Dorchester, DT2 0JD | 17 July 2026 | £244,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 745
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 298
- Anti social behaviour 122
- Criminal damage and arson 79
- Other theft 76
- Burglary 46
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DT2 usual residents
- 25,912
- Age-profile population
- 26,032
Age bands in DT2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.1%
- 3,673 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.2%
- 2,143 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.2%
- 4,484 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 31%
- 8,065 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 29.5%
- 7,667 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,132 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 93.1%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 93.1%
- Gigabit-capable
- 93.1%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 914 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 541 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 39 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
CERNE ABBAS SURGERY
51 LONG STREET, CERNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7JG
ODS code J81053
PUDDLETOWN SURGERY
2A ATHELHAMPTON ROAD, PUDDLETOWN, DORCHESTER, DT2 8FY
ODS code J81616
Evidence in context
Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
745 published events cover 12 months, averaging 62 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 298 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.